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REPORT — 1861. 



nexion between storms and vertical 



disturbances of tbe, Gl. 

 Australia, J. Bon wick on tbe extinct vol- 



canos of, 109, 



, the Hon. J. Baker on, 184. 



, N.W., letter from tbe Colonial 



Office on tbe exploration of, 197. 



Baily (W. H.), palreontological remarks 

 upon the Silurian rocks of Ireland, 108. 



Baker (tbe Hon. J.) on Australia, inclu- 

 ding tbe recent explorations of Mr. 

 Macdonald Stuart, 184. 



Bakewell (R. H.) on tbe influence of 

 density of population on tbe fecundity 

 of marriages in England, 206. 



Barometer, mercurial, descrijjtion of a, by 

 P. J. Livsey, 64. 



Barrow (T. W.), remarks on tbe bone- 

 caves of Craven, 108. 



Bateman (J. F.), bis address as President 

 of Section G, 250 ; on street-pipe ar- 

 rangements for extinguishing fires, 2.'35, 



Bateson (S.) on an improved feed water- 

 beater for locomotive and other boilers, 

 269. 



Bathometer, C. W. Siemens on a, 73. 



Bazley (Thomas), a glance at the cotton 

 trade, 206. 



Beale (Prof. Lionel S.) on tbe structm-e 

 and growth of tbe elementary parts 

 (cells) of living beings, 164. 



Beke (Dr. C. T.) on the mountains form- 

 ing the eastern side of tbe basin of the 

 Nile, and tbe origin of tbe designation 

 " Mountains of tbe Moon " as applied 

 to them, 184; on a volcanic eruption 

 on tbe coast of Abessinia, 180. 



Belcher (Admiral Sir E.) on tbe glacial 

 movements noticed in the vicinity of 

 Mount St. Elias, on the N.W. coast of 

 America, 186. 



Belihouse (Edward T.) on tbe applica- 

 tions of tbe hydraulic press, 255. 



Binney (E.W.) on the geological features 

 oftbe neighbourhood ofMancbester, 109. 



Binocularlustre, SirDavidBrewsteron,29. 



Birds, P. L.'Sclater's remarks on tbe late 

 increase of our knowledge of the stru- 

 tbious, 158. 



Blakely (Captain) on artillery versus ar- 

 mour, 255. 



Blecbnum Spicant, A. Stansfield on, col- 

 lected in 1860 and 1801, 159. 



Bollaert (W.), extract from a letter to, by 

 R. Bridge on tbe great earthquake at 

 Mendoza, 187. 



Bolton, Henry Ashwortb on tbe progress 

 of science and art as developed in tbe 

 bleaching of cotton at, 204. 



Bone-cave at Brixham, W. Pengelly on a 

 new, 123. 



Bone-caves of Craven, T. W. BaiTOw's 

 remarks on tbe, 108. 



Bonwick (J.) on the extinct volcanos of 

 Australia, 109. 



Brady (Mr. Antonio) on flint implements 

 from St. Acbeul, near Amiens, 110. 



Break, railwav, James Hisgin on a sledge, 

 262. 



Brewster (Sir David) on photographic 

 micrometers, 28 ; on tbe compensation 

 of impressions moving over tbe retina, 

 29 ; on tlie optical study of the retina, 

 29 ; on binocular lustre, 29. 



Bridge (R.) on the great earthquake at 

 Mendoza, March 20, 1861, 187. 



Bright (Sir Charles) on the formation of 

 standards of electrical quantity and re- 

 sistance, 37. 



Brighton, Dr. J. H. Gladstone and G. 

 Gladstone on an aluminous mineral 

 from the upper chalk near, 79. 



British army. Dr. W. Farr on the recent 

 improvements in tbe health of tbe, 

 219. 



British Isles, Dr. J. H. Gladstone on tbe 

 distribution of fog around tbe, 57. 



British navy, E. .1. Reed on tbe iron-cased 

 ships oftbe, 232. 



Brixham, VV. Pengelly on a new bone-cave 

 at, 123. 



Broun (John Allan) on the supposed 

 connexion between meteorological phe- 

 nomena and the variations of the earth's 

 magnetic force, 49. 



Bryson (Alexander) on tbe aqueous ori- 

 gin of granite, 110. 



Burnley coal-beld and its fossil contents, 

 J. T. Wilkinson and J. Whitaker on 

 tbe, 135, 



Caine (Rev, William) on ten years' statis- 

 tics of tbe mortality amongst tbe orphan 

 children taken under the care of the 

 Dublin Protestant orphan societies, 

 208. 



Calculi, uric acid. Dr. Roberts on tbe sol- 

 vent power of strong and weak solutions 

 of the alkaline carbonates on, 90. 



Calvert (Dr. Crace) on tbe chemical com- 

 position of some woods employed in tbe 

 navy, 77. 



Cameron (Captain) on tbe etbnolog)', 

 geography, and commerce of the Cau- 

 casus, 189. 



Carboniferous group of Britain, Edward 

 Hull on the relative distribution of tbe 

 calcareous andsedimentary strata of tbe, 

 116, 



